#beugel

Greek PM Mitsotakis loses it completely when asked about illegal refugee pushbacks

Hebben jullie een beugel gehad vroeger? En hebben jullie een spalkje?

Doei!

(ik hoop dat de tekst in de poll opties past)

- wel beugel, boventanden verder naar voren

- wel beugel, boven en onder even ver naar voren

- wel beugel, ondertanden verder naar voren

- geen beugel, boventanden verder naar voren

- geen beugel, boven en onder even ver naar voren

- geen beugel, ondertanden verder naar voren

LAST NOVEMBER INGEBORG BEUGEL, a Dutch journalist who has been covering Greece for decades, was advised by her country’s embassy in Greece that she should leave the country for her own safety.

Days earlier Beugel had attended a joint press conference between the Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis and the visiting Dutch PM Mark Rutte. She asked them both about the way the Greek coast guard deals with refugee boats in the Aegean. When Beugel addressed Mitsotakis personally, and asked him to “stop lying,” Mitsotakis, usually mild-mannered, visibly lost his temper.

“What I won’t accept is that in this office you will insult me, or the Greek people, with accusations and expressions that aren’t supported by material facts. When this country has been dealing with a migration crisis of unrepresented intensity that has been saving hundreds, if not thousands, of people at sea.”  

The exchange became a front page story. Video of the exchange spread quickly on Greek social media. Beugel, largely unaware of the blossoming scandal, was returning to her Athens home from the supermarket later that night, she told CJR, when someone threw a stone at her head. “It didn’t quite hit me, but I didn’t stick around to see who it was. I ran back to my house.”